7 November 2018
Miss World winners from 1961 to 1970
Miss World is one of the oldest beauty pageants amongst the Big 4 (four) international beauty pageants. Miss World started in the year 1951, and since then the organisation has crowned 65 beauties. The Miss World originally started as the Festival Bikini Contest, but an embarrassed British media decided to call it with a more modest name, ‘Miss World’. The pageant has crossed sixty five years, and 2016 is going to be the sixty sixth edition of the pageant. So, we on Angelopedia have decided to give you an insight to the Miss World winners. We have already covered the beauties from first decade (1951-1960). It’s now time to know more about the beauties from the next segment, i.e. 1961-1970. So let’s flip through and flashback through the winners...
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Rosemarie Frankland Miss World 1961 from United Kingdom
Rosemarie Frankland was an actress, model and beauty queen who won the 1961 Miss United Kingdom and Miss World. She was Britain’s first Miss World winner. In her later life, Rosemarie took to drugs to overcome a failed career and two failed marriages, and was found dead at the age of 57 of a combination of prescription pills and tequila.
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Catharina Lodders Miss World 1962 from Netherlands
After winning Miss World title, Catharina said, “I don’t think I’m the most beautiful girl in the world – I am the most beautiful girl here.” Her reign as the Miss World was not at all a pleasurable one, and involved various tragic moments. So her only dream as a Miss World was t pass on her reign to her successor.
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Carole Joan Crawford Miss World 1963 from Jamaica
Born in 1943, Carole Joan is the shortest Miss World in the history of the pageant. Jamaica Post issued a stamp of her face in honour of Crawford winning the Miss World title, which had an issue of three million stamps.
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Ann Sidney Miss World 1964 from United Kingdom
Ann Sidney is a British actress, TV Host and the beauty queen who won the title in 1964. Ann enjoyed her reign as Miss World to the fullest, and travelled around the world five times and joined Bob Hope on his USO tour of Asia. She has also been a renowned face in the world of Television and Films.
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Lesley Langley Miss World 1965 from United Kingdom
Lesley Langley bested 47 other contestants to clinch the title of Miss World 1965. She is a British Actress and a Model and studied at the Royal Merchant Navy School, Berkshire. She also donned the front cover of Weymouth’s Official Holiday Guide in 1967.
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Reita Faria Miss World 1966 from India
Reita Faria became the first Indian and the first Asian to win the Miss World pageant. After finishing her reign, Reita chose to finish her medical studies instead of following the world of glitz and glamour. Reita participated because of her friend who insisted her on doing so. And while she only participated for fun, she ended up winning the “Miss World” title.
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Madeline Hartog Bel Miss World 1967 from Peru
The 17th edition of the Miss World pageant held on 16 November 1967 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK was won by Peru’s Madeline Hartog Bel. She now resides in a South Florida island, after spending few years in Paris, France.
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Penelope Plummer Miss World 1968 from Australia
Penelope Plummer, an 18-year-old librarian from Kempsey, New South Wales became the Miss World from Australia. Born in 1948, Penelope was a renowned actress and model during her time.
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Eva Rueber Staier Miss World 1969 from Austria
An Austrian actress, TV Host, model and finally a beauty queen, that’s Eva Rueber Staier Miss World 1969. After winning the title, Eva went on to explore a career in acting. After appearing in a series of films and featuring in advertisements, Eva now produces metalwork sculptures.
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Jennifer Hosten Miss World 1970 from Grenada
Jennifer was a beauty queen with multiple talents. A Grenadian radio announcer, development worker, diplomat, author, model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1970 – that’s Jennifer Hosten. Her crowning as Miss World was a controversial one, and attracted various allegations regarding racism.
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